Relasting-machine



' No. 622,845. Patented Apr. u, I899. A. a. FITZ.

RELASTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS G. FIT-Z, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

RELASTlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 622,845, dated April 11, 1899. Application filed October 21, 1898. Serial HUI 69 L190- (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMOS G. FITZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Auburn,in the county of Androscoggin and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRelasting-Machines'; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in relasting-machines.

It is designed to provide easy and convenient means for inserting a lastinto a shoe after the shoe has been substantially formed.

It consists of a stationary and a movable element, one provided with aspindle adapted to enter the vertical hole usually found in the heelportion of lasts and support the last thereon and the other adapted tobe brought into contact with the bottom of the shoe while being insertedin a last supported on said spindle to force the last into the shoe.Either elementmay be the movable one. In the device which I have chosento illustrate my invention the spindle which enters the hole andsupports the last is the movable element.

The drawing herewith accompanying and making a part of this applicationis a vertical sectional view of my improved device.

In said drawing, A represents a base; B, a hollow standard mountedthereon and having 011 the top thereof the arm 0, curved so that thefree end D may extend over and lie in the path of a spindle E, mountedin said standard. Spindle E is provided at its lower end with a lever F,mounted on and having its fulcrum in a suitable support G. One end ofleverF projects through a slot H in the standard and has a pivotconnection H with the lower end of the spindle. The top I of the spindleis adapted to enter the spindle-hole in the last and support the lastthereon during the operation of rela'sting.

The operation of my device is as follows: The last is placed upon thespindle while it is in the position shown in the drawing. The toe of thelast is then inserted in the shoe, the hands grasping the sides of theshoe and drawing it down over the heel end of the last until the same isfairly started. This part of the operation is very easy and requireslittle efiort. ver and the plunger is forced upwardly until the heel ofthe shoe contacts with the stationary member, and then the pressureexerted on the last, driven upward by the movable member, tends to forcethe lastinto the shoe. When the foot is removed from the lever, thespindle falls by its own weight.

' It will be evident that this is equally adapted either to use on wholelasts or on'lasts divided transversely, whether hinged together or not.

- By this means the relasting of the shoe is accomplished with greaterease and rapidity and a more perfect lasting is secured.

Having thus described my invention and its use, I claim 1 'In arelasting-m'achine, two members, one adapted to reciprocate with respectto the other, the stationary member lying in the path of the other, onemember terminating in a spindle adapted to enter the spindle-hole of andsupport a last and the other terminating in a presser-foot adapted toimpinge the bottom only of the heel of a shoe, whereby the heel of theshoe is free to slide under the presser-foot during the operation ofrelasting and means for imparting a reciprocating movement to one ofsaid members.

2. In a relasting-machine, two members, one adapted to reciprocate withrespect to the other, the stationary memberlying in the path of theother, one member terminating in a spindle adapted to enter thespindle-hole of and support a last, and the other terminating in aresser-foot adapted to impinge the bottom only of the heel of a shoe andto afford an unobstructed space extending around the entire horizontalperiphery of the last and means for imparting a reciprocating movementto one of said members.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses, this 18th dayof The foot is then placedupon the le-

